John Gidding on decorating, Beijing and married life Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Andrew Davis, Windy City Times2014-04-08 Turkish-born architect John Gidding has certainly led an intriguing life.
The 'Boxer' engine is so called because the movement of the engine's pistons resemble the movement of a boxer's fists in the horizontal plane. However, unlike the boxer's fists that both move in the same direction, half of the 'Boxer' engine's pistons move in the opposite direction.
The flat/boxer engine and all-wheel-drive became standard equipment for mid-size and smaller cars in most international markets by 1996, and is now standard in most North American market Subaru vehicles.